because at the end you don't even feel that great out there. john is such a great guy and really, i really feel for him. that first semifinal certainly wrecked the schedule. thank goodness for the roof. as the clock ticked past 10pm those great adversaries novak djokovic and rafael nadal were engrossed in their semifinal. but at 11pm all play must stop. today, in short, there was too much tennis. joe wilson, bbc news, wimbledon. the england manager gareth southgate has said the last couple of days have been emotionally very difficult for the squad. he was speaking ahead of tomorrow 5 third—place play—off against belgium in st petersburg. mr southgate said the players deserved to finish the tournament well, as our sports editor, dan roan, reports. he'd hoped to be preparing his team for a world cup final this weekend. instead, england manager gareth southgate must somehow lift his players for a match often

seen as meaningless. defeat to croatia ended their dreams of a first appearance on football's greatest stage for 52 years, and despite a campaign that defied all expectations, the pain is obvious. it's obviously been a really difficult couple of days for us. we were 20 minutes from a world cup final and then in extra time, ten minutes from a shoot out to get to a world cup final. so emotionally, a very tough few days. a tough reminder to both losing semifinalists ofjust how close they came to football's ultimate prize. the third place play—off has only featured england once before, when they lost to italy in 1990. england didn't want the final game of their stirring campaign to be here, of course, but now that it is, they will want to finish on a high, and if they can win here tomorrow

and finish third, it will officially be their most successful world cup on foreign soil. we feel we owe it is much to ourselves as our public we've brought a lot of pride but we want to finish the tournament well. we've set a standard on how we work and the way that we play and we want to aspire to that level every time we go out. this will be the second time england have played belgium at this tournament. the group game ending in defeat. england went on to win over the hearts of a nation. the challenge now to go home to with one last victory. a little more on the presidential visit. us first lady melania trump met some chelsea pensioners during a visit to the royal hospital in

london. accompanied by philip may, the prime minister's husband, mrs trump helped local schoolchildren assemble poppies for the royal legion. she also spoke to the schoolchildren about her be best campaign. a smile as melania trump arrived at the home of the famous chelsea pensioners. to receive a lesson in poppy making, with the help of local schoolchildren. and she'd done a pretty good job, according to the prime minister's husband, philip may. that's very impressive. the audience was chosen to chime with her be best campaign, which champions children's well—being initiatives. there was no speech from the first lady. she chatted and listened to the experiences of two different generations. did she win you two over? she came across magic, absolutely magic. didn't she, john? yes, absolutely. we tried for an invite, didn't we? laughter

no, we did, she was brilliant. i don't think we'll be invited to the white house yet. the first lady's visit to meet the chelsea pensioners was shrouded in secrecy, and there's been tight security surrounding this event. while her husband has certainly made waves, this was an opportunity for melania to show a softer side of the partnership. whisked away by her entourage, the first lady had made an impression on the children she'd met, who go to a school a stone's throw away from the us embassy. she gave me a hug, and she shaked my hand. and what did you feel about that? i was actually really happy. i was — i don't even want to wash my hands. this boy sat next to melania trump and said he was honoured to meet her. it inspired me. i've learned that i should try my best and be the best i can be, even in hard times, i should be the best that i can be.

the aim of this visit was to show a lighter touch, and while this was a tightly controlled event with no opportunity for media questions, those who met melania trump said she was a good sport. there is more on the bbc news channel overnight. here on bbc one, it is time for the news where you are. sian lloyd, bbc news, chelsea. this is bbc news. i'm ben bland. it has been a presidential visit which has broken all of the rules. donald trump has emerged from his talks with trees and a hailing her leadership skills and declaring that the relationship between britain and the relationship between britain and the united states is the highest level of special. this was hours

after he attacked mrs may's approach to brexit and warned her plans for trade with the eu would kill the chances of a deal with the us, though he appeared to soft on that view today. he repeated his assertion that immigration had caused major problems for europe and that brexit was happening because of concern about levels of migration. this report on an eventful presidential visit is by our political editor, laura kuenssberg. you don't need to count the helicopters to know how much this visitor matters. president trump's entourage blasted through the countryside as subtly as he warned this week that his host might not get the trade deal she covets. for theresa may, herjob was notjust to grin and bear it today but, more importantly, to try and change his mind. when first the tricky question was asked, he left it to her. have you had a chance to talk about the interview this morning? we've got a lot to discuss. the question repeated, this time he made a face, rather than answer. but after talks, back

to the choreography around the stately home, exactly where she brokered her brexit compromise, this time last week. the prime minister appeared to have taken hold of president trump and predicted he's now on her side. we agreed today that as, the uk leaves the european union, we will pursue an ambitious us—uk free trade agreement. the chequers agreement reached last week provides the platform for donald and me to agree an ambitious deal that works for both countries right across oui’ economies. was he quite so convinced? once the brexit process is concluded, and perhaps the uk has left the eu, i don't know what they're going to do, but whatever you are going to do is ok with me, that's your decision. whatever you're going to do is ok with us, just make sure we can trade together, that's all that matters. mr president, you seem rather to have changed your tune from what you said earlier this week when you said that, on the current brexit plan, that would probably kill the possibility of a trade

deal with the uk. our countries are meant to have a special relationship yet you publicly criticised the prime minister's policy and her personally for not listening to you this week — is that the behaviour of a friend? i didn't criticise the prime minister, i have a lot of respect for the prime minister, and unfortunately there was a story that was done which was generally fine, but it didn't put in what i said about the prime minister, and i said tremendous things. to be accurate, it did. she's going to make a decision as to what she's going to do. the only thing i ask of theresa is that we make sure we can trade, that we don't have any restrictions. i read reports where that won't be possible, but i believe, after speaking with the prime minister's people and representatives and trade experts, it will absolutely be possible. and, prime minister, isn't the problem for you, that some of the things mr trump has said about the brexit plan right, it will limit the possibilities of doing trade deals easily in the future? there will be no limit

to the possibility of us doing trade deals around the rest of the world, once we leave the european union, on the basis of the agreement made at chequers, and that i have put forward to the european union, and as you've heard from the president, the united states are keen for us, we are keen to work with them, and we will do a trade deal with them and others around the world. he said he'd suggested she should be tougher on brexit but never pulled the plug on the deal. and that brexit is a tough situation, that's a tough deal. you can't walk away, because if she walks away, she's stuck. can't walk away. but you can do other things. what about that oft—quoted special, if today surreal, relationship? i would say the highest level of special. am i allowed to go higher than that? i'm not sure, but it is the highest level of special. i would much rather have her as my friend than my enemy, that i can tell you. where he leads, the prime minister is certainly not always willing to follow, but had the president not

calmed his tone on brexit, this vital moment would have been humiliating. for years, british prime ministers have strained to show that they matter to the united states. they want to be listened to, they want to be respected, but with characteristic smash and grab style, donald trump has made that tricky, very tricky for theresa may, just at the moment when she needs friends and reliable allies. goodbye to chequers, then for the president to move to call on one of the few people in the world whose status rivals his. the queen has now met a dozen american presidents. this spectacle a product of that shared history. these images perhaps the ones donald trump truly desired. but the politics between the united states and britain are fraught, the lines less precise. and as both our countries

change, so diplomatic decorum isn't guaranteed. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, chequers. across the uk today, tens of thousands of people have ta ken to the streets to protest against president trump's visit. there are protests across the country right now. in london, tens of thousands of people spent the day marching through the streets heading for trafalgar square — as our special correspondent lucy manning reports. say it loud, say it clear, donald trump is not welcome here! his name echoed around the streets of london. it was on the posters they carried, the t—shirts they wore. they were loud, and they were certainly many, but as tens of thousands came to protest against president trump, he wasn't even in the city to see or hear the anger. the relationship normally a special one, the "highest level of special,"

said the president, but they weren't lining the streets for the american president — but against him. i think his policies are awful, i think the way he talks to people, the way he talks about women, the way he talks about disabled people, policies on climate change... the list of things he does wrong... you are not going to stop trump, are you? i think peaceful protest is a beautiful thing. what do you make of so many people coming out against your president? it is really nice that they care that much. the day of protests started with london's newest tourist attraction, flying outside parliament, the trump baby balloon, not huge in size, but big in impact. i think it is brilliant, it is the epitome of british humour, trump doesn't get that, but i think it stands for the way we deal with things we don't like. then this peculiarly british day of protests took to the streets, the women's march started the demonstrations, armed with song, pots and pans, wit and anger. he is the worst thing to happen

to the world right now. i have a daughter, i'm a mother, i'm a woman, he is not... we did not deserve him on this world. he has done nothing but wrong. and she does not like him! it is for anyone to say it, because we are citizens of the world. we are not telling him he should not be here, we are protesting some of the policy decisions he's made. america is our closest ally. this is not against america, it is against trump. then the main anti—trump protest of the day, filling the streets of central london. as eventual motorcade here, the streets instead taken over by a mass

of protest is. —— no presidential motorcade here. the american president might not be in london to see and hear these protests, but he is certainly aware of them, saying he wasn't spending more time in the capital because he had been made to feel unwelcome. but as donald trump said, he believes the real british people love the american president. but across the country there were protests. in glasgow, as he landed in scotland tonight, and in other cities. donald trump has got to go! meanwhile, trump's supporters toasted his arrival. i don't think it is the most hospitable welcome. i think it is a bit shortsighted of some british, those who have protested, a bit of wasted energy on their part. they were saying, keep trump out of the uk. i mean, i don't know where to start with how you are leaving the european union and now you are trying to shunt away the us? but with every corner of trafalgar

square taken up with those against the president, it wasn't the welcome he wanted. president trump was also met by protests as he arrived in scotland this evening. a paraglider circled overhead the turnberry golf resort with a banner which read ‘trump well below par‘. our correspondent catriona renton has more. the president and the first lady arrived at the turnberry resort all you this evening. they had been here about 20 minutes and were chatting with their entourage on the terrorists, outside a hotel, win a protest in a paraglider came flying towards the hotel. -- terrace. they had greenpeace emblazoned on the canopy. obama was unfurled which said" trump well below par, resist". it circled around the building several times. donald trump was quickly taken inside. policing is

tight and there is a no—fly zone. questions will be asked about how that happened. after the protest had gone president trump and back out onto the balcony, looking relaxed and happy, chatting away again, as a piper played them in for dinner. president trump, we know, thinks this place is absolutely magical. he has been fully involved in the refurbishment of the hotel, the design of the two golf courses, very much his passion. we expect him to play golf here tomorrow, we don't know who with, it may be suddenly we have heard of, that is certainly the rumour, that it could be somebody famous he will play with tomorrow on his world —famous course, famous he will play with tomorrow on his world—famous course, which we know he loves, maybe he will play more than once, who knows, maybe he will go to his other course on aberdeenshire. we expect him to stay in scotland until sunday. at some point on sunday he will leave here and go onto the next leg of his daw, to helsinki. the headlines on bbc news: president trump has flown in to scotland tonight, where he is expected

to spend the weekend at his turnberry golf resort. the president lavished praise on theresa may during a joint news conference, just hours after criticisms of her brexit proposals were published in the sun newspaper. tens of thousands have taken to the streets across the uk to protest against the visit, accusing president trump of spreading hatred. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good evening. we start with tennis and some extraordimary drama at wimbledon. the first men's semi—final betweenjohn isner and kevin anderson proved to be the longest last four tie in history at the all england club. and the second longest match ever at wimbledon. it lasted six hours and 35 minutes, here's the deciding moment, finally a match point for kevin anderson who took it. it finished 26—24 in that fifth set. it's the first time in 97 years there's a south african in the wimbledon men's singles final

where he'll take on either rafa nadal or novak djokovic on sunday. it was really tough on both of us. at the end you feel like it is a draw between the two of us. somebody has to do win. john is such a great quy- has to do win. john is such a great guy. i really feel for him. if i had been on the opposite side, i don't know how you can take the plane for so know how you can take the plane for so long, and come out short. —— play—on. i apologise if i'm not more excited right now. certainly mixed emotions. getting through some neglect that is quite difficult. well, because of that extraordinary game, the second semi final between novak djokovic and rafa nadal didn't get started until very late, with play ending for the nightjust a short time ago. they have now called a halt to it, with play being suspended just after the curfew of iipm. but they'll be back tomorrow with djokovic leading by two sets to one — having taken the tie—break in the third set. the serb has three wimbledon titles

to his name, with nadal having won the tournament twice before. while all that drama was unfolding on centre court, over on court number three there was another marathon match taking place. this was britain's jack draper winning his boys semi—final 19—17 in the final set. the 16—year—old is nowjust a step away from becoming the first british wimbledon boys' champion since 1962 meanwhile, britain's jamie murray is through to the final of the mixed doubles with partner victoria azarenka. they beat british hopefuls harriet dart and jay clarke in straight sets. murray, you will remember, won the mixed doubles title last year with martina hingis. england manager gareth southgate says there will be some changes to his side as they prepare to take on belgium in tomorrows third place play—off at the world cup the england team have been back in training today after losing to croatia in wednesday's semi—final, southgate admits that tired legs from that game has affected his team selection.

well, what we have to decide with the team is who can go in again, physically, that is going to be important. everybody wants to play. everybody trained this morning. sometimes it is not always a good decision for people to plate if their energy isn't quite there. we had to think of who can give us the best performance —— play. it won't best performance —— play. it won't be exactly the same starting 11, but we want, ideally, to make as few changes as possible. after sacking antonio conte, chelsea are expected to anounce former napoli boss maurizio sarri as their new manager sarri would become chelsea's ninth full—time manager since roman abramovich bought the club in 2003. england's women have lost their third and final one—day international against new zealand in leicester. they won the toss and chose to bat and they started very brightly. both openers, tammy beamont and amy

jones hitting half—centuries. but then the wickets started to fall, england eventually all out forjust 2i9. new zealand didn't have too many problems reaching that total, getting there with more than five overs to spare. england take the series 2—1. three games in rugby league's super league this evening and after a defeat in his first game in charge, new leeds director of rugby kevin sinfield had to watch his side settle for a draw against wakefield. the rhinos led 20—i2 with half an hour to play. but with ten minutes remaining kyle wood eventually had this try awarded after it went to the video referee and ryan hampshire levelled the score at 20 all, six minutes from time to give trinity a point. elsewhere leaders st helens beat hull fc and salford lost at home to castleford. that's all the sport from me, adam wild, have a very good evening. thank you.

counter—terrorism detectives, investigating the contamination of two people by the nerve agent novichok, say they've found the source of the substance, in the home of the victims. dawn sturgess died in hospital on sunday after being exposed to the poison. her partner, charlie rowley, remains in a serious conditon in hospital. our correspondent duncan kennedy has the latest. the finding of the bottle like charlie rowley‘s home is a significant moment in innovative enquiry. tonight, police are still standing guard outside, two weeks after charlie and his partner dawn stu rg es were after charlie and his partner dawn sturges were contaminated by the novichok. we now know that that novichok. we now know that that novichok was found in a small bottle here on wednesday and that tests confirmed the bottle was the source of the nerve agent. police are to saying what sort of bottle it was or how we got here. —— aren't. dawn stu rg es how we got here. —— aren't. dawn sturges died last sunday, eight days after falling ill. sturges died last sunday, eight days afterfalling ill. charlie rowley

regained consciousness on tuesday, the day before the bottle was found, and it is possible he helped police located. officers say they can't guarantee there is no more novichok left, so say cordons like this one at dawn's still at salisbury will remain. but finding the bottle has come as a relief to many people here. i am shocked. come as a relief to many people here. lam shocked. butl come as a relief to many people here. lam shocked. but i am come as a relief to many people here. i am shocked. but i am pleased they have found it. there are still questions. where was it? defy the container, i questions. where was it? defy the container, lam questions. where was it? defy the container, i am actually quite relieved. hopefully there will be an end to it. that might define. it is fantastic it has been found. it is that the circumstances it was found in. this park in salisbury is also being searched as detectives tried to trace the history and journey of the bottle that has been found. tonight, public health england have again advised people in the area not to pick up anything suspicious. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in amesbury. the british volunteer divers, who helped save 12 boys and their football coach, who were trapped in a cave in thailand, have arrived back at heathrow airport.

they said the they weren't heroes, just a group of people who had a unique set of skills. one of them — john volanthen — who was responsible for bringing up to half the boys out — has been speaking to the bbc about the rescue as robert hall reports. they'd spent days in the total darkness of a flooded cave system. this morning, blinking in the flashlights, the seven rescuers arrived to applause from a crowd of well—wishers who'd shared a drama replayed around the world. the skills cave diving team you see before you are in a class of their own. when two of those divers, rick stanton and his colleague john volanthen emerged from the inky water a mile from the cave entrance they could hardly believe what they saw.

today, for the first time, they spoke about it for the first time. whenever there was a service we shout and also we smell. —— surface. in this case we smelt the children before we actually saw them. slowly and carefully preparations were made for a rescue which the thai stubbed mission impossible. we were aware of the enormity of the task. the depth of the water is very low, varying down to a few inches. there was also a lot of debris in the cave from previous attempts. at last, supported by colleagues from thailand, the british team began their operation. one by one they inched the children and their coach to safety. we essentially packaged the children with a pointy compensated, which is kind of a diving jacket, and this pointy

compensated, we had made it into a harness. that allowed us to have a single unit, for want of a better word, that was completely self contained —— buoyancy. you had to carry them to the side if it was very low. sometimes it was very narrow and he pushed them in front. it just narrow and he pushed them in front. itjust depended on what the cable is doing and where they had to be in relation to you to pass a particular section of passage. john and his tea m section of passage. john and his team say they are no heroes, just expert kate is doing a job. so today they left, quietly, to resume their normal lives. and across the world their efforts will not be forgotten. robert hall, bbc news. a grab ——johnson &johnson has been ordered to pay more than three and a half billion pounds in damages to 22 women , who alleged that its talcum powder products caused them

to develop ovarian cancer. a jury in the us state of missouri initially awarded almost 400,000 pounds in compensation, and then added three billion pounds in punitive damages. it's alleged the pharmaceutical giant knew its talc was contaminated with asbestos since the 19705, but failed to warn consumers about the risks. the company plans to appeal thejudgement. the broadcaster, richard bacon, is said to be recovering after spending several days in a medically induced coma. the former blue peter presenter is being treated in hospital in london for suspected pneumonia, after falling ill, eight days ago, on a flight from the united states, where he now lives. a driver was arrested in norfolk last night after he was found to be using a bucket as a seat, and a pair of pliers to steer the car. the vehicle, which also had no front wing, bumper, or headlights, and a flat tyre, was pulled over in kings lynn. the police tweeted these pictures, saying there were "too many offences to mention". going to need a bigger notebook.

now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. we had a very warm day to day. with some heavy, thundery showers around. the weather will get even hotter this weekend. 29 degrees on saturday. before reaching the 30 degrees mark and over during sunday. highs of 31 expected. a number of showers around during the afternoon and evening time across southern parts of scotland. am getting going across the south pennines, the peak district, a batter showers working across from wales into the midlands and into southern counties of england, with some heavy showers around at the moment. they will take time to ease away. those showers gave this watering can a real watering. the rain coming down heavily as the thunderstorm passed overhead there in herefordshire. and not too far away in wiltshire we have some localised that water flooding as a result of the heavy downpours. the weather picture through the rest of the night, the showers taking time to fade away.

eventually, we be left with dry weather and clear skies as well. the exception across the novelist of uk. after a warm start to the night, to temperatures coming down to 12— 18 for many of us. into the weekend, low pressure sat to the north—west of the country, threatening rain across north—western areas. otherwise, pressure is rising. the rising pressure will bring us more sunshine, lighter winds, and ultimately high temperatures as well. the best of the sunny weather for antrim and down,